Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Missing the Boat
Trips may be canceled due to unsafe weather, sea conditions, or
mechanical failure. Passengers should be aware that the ferry
vessels remain at the island overnight with the exception of the
Gov. Curtis
, operating to Vinalhaven. Those missing the last trip
will be stranded on the island overnight.
Private Ferries
A number of private ferries also offer service.
Private Ferry Routes
To Great Chebeague, Peaks Island & Long Island
: Casco
Bay Lines, from Maine State Pier, Portland. To Peaks, 20 min-
utes; to Long Island, 30 minutes; to Chebeague, one hour and 15
minutes. Multiple trips daily.
774-7871.
To Great Chebeague
: Chebeague Island Transportation, from
Cousins Island in Yarmouth. Multiple trips daily.
846-3700.
To
Monhegan
:
Balmy
Days
II
,
from
Commercial
Street,
Boothbay Harbor. One trip daily in season.
633-2284.
Laura
B
., Monhegan-Thomaston Boat Line, from Port Clyde. 15-mile
trip, one hour and 15 minutes. Multiple runs daily in season.
372-8848.
Hardy III
, North Edgecomb. Multiple runs in season
from New Harbor.
677-2026.
To Isle au Haut
:
Mink
, from Atlantic Ave. in Stonington. Ten-
mile trip, 45 minutes. Four trips daily in season.
367-5193.
To Great Cranberry Island, Islesford
:
Sea Queen
,
Double B
,
operated by Beal and Bunker from town pier, Northeast Harbor.
Five miles to Great Cranberry, 25 minutes. Multiple trips daily
(more in-season).
244-3575. Cranberry Cove Boating Com-
pany, from Southwest Harbor. Multiple trips daily all season
aboard the
Island Queen
. Captain Chuck Liebow often sports a
live parrot on his shoulder. “Polly want a tourist?”
244-5882.
To Deer Island(New Brunswick), Campobello
: East Coast
Ferries from Water Street, Eastport. Six miles, 25 minutes to
Deer Island in New Brunswick, Canada. 1.5 miles, 10 minutes to
Campobello (50 miles by road). Multiple trips daily in season.
(506) 747-2159.
